Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education 2009 Certification MS-CIT Bank Set 21 - Question Paper

1) surface
2) flats
3) lands
4) pits

25. The tag studying 2HD on a floppy disk means that the disk has two MB of storage capacity
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

26. The method of increasing the amount of data stored on a disk by replacing repeating trends is
1) file compression
2) data access
3) disk catching
4) RAID

27. The process of putting tracks and sectors on a disk is called formatting
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

28. The process of putting tracks and sectorson a disk is called tracking
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

29. The rings on a disk where the data is recorded are called tracks
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

30. The standard 3.5-inch disk has a storage capacity of ______
1) 1.44 MB
2) 100 MB
3) 144 KB
4) 100 KB

31. The standard size for flexible disks that have an exterior jacket made of hard plastic is currently
1) 2.5 inches
2) 3.5 inches
3) 5.25 inches
4) 8 inches

32. The term for the process of storing frequently used data from a disk into memory is
1) data compression
2) data access
3) disk catching
4) RAID

33. The time ranging from a computer's request for data and the completion of the transfer of that data is called
1) access time
2) seek time
3) selection time
4) search time

34. The time ranging from when the computer asks for data from a secondary storage device and the end of the transmission of that data is called disk learn time
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

35. The user should never touch the true surface of the diskette
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

36. The wedge-shaped areas on a diskette are called _________
1) tracks
2) sectors
3) cartridges
4) cylinders

37. Typical backup tape cartridges have storage capacities up to
1) 10 to 20 GB
2) 100 MB
3) 100 GB
4) 5 MB

38. Typically, CD drives can store ________ of data on 1 side of a CD
1) 100 MB
2) 50 GB
3) 650 MB
4) 1000 MB

39. When the notch on a floppy disk is closed, you cannot write to the disk
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

40. When the notch on a floppy disk is open, you cannot write to the disk
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

41. Which of the subsequent is not a way of improving hard disk performance?
1) disk catching
2) RAID
3) virtual disk space
4) file compression

42. WORM devices allow the user to write to a CD-ROM like device
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

43. Zip disks have a storage capacity of ________
1) 120 KB
2) 100 MB/ 250 MB
3) 50 MB
4) 200 MB

44. Zip disks, SuperDisks, and HiFD disks have nearly the identical capacity
1) TRUE
2) FALSE


45. A CD-drive is used to learn data from which of the subsequent data storage devices?
1) Compact Disc
2) Floppy Disc
3) Magnetic Tape
4) Winchester Disk

46. Hard Disk is a kind of ____________
1) Storage Device
2) Software
3) RAM
4) CPU

47. How many recording surfaces are available in hard disk if there are 36 platters?
1) 36
2) 18
3) 72
4) 37

48. What does CD-ROM stand for:
1) Compact Disc-Read Only Memory
2) Compact Disc- Random Occurrence Memory
3) Compact Disc-Read Original Memory
4) Color Disc-Ratio Organization Memory

49. What is a zip drive?
1) Floppy drive with less capacity
2) Hard disk drive with less capacity
3) Floppy drive with more capacity
4) Tape Drive

50. What is the approximate storage capacity of an Optical Disk such as CD-ROM?
1) 1 GB
2) 1 MB
3) 10 GB
4) 100 MB

Earning:   Approval pending.